APUS Chapter 7
APUS Chapter 7
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1. True (True/False) The republican idea of a just society in which selfish inter-
ests were subordinated to the common good took deep toot in Britain's
North American colonies.
2. True (True/False) The theory of mercantilism held that colonies existed pri-
marily to provide the mother country with raw materials as well as a
market for exports.
3. False (True/False) British mercantilism forbade the importation of any
non-British goods into the colonies.
4. True (True/False) In practice, British mercantilism held that colonies existed
primarily to provide the mother country with raw materials as well as a
merket for exports.
5. True (True/False) The fundamental motive behind the steep new taxes in
the 1760's was to repay the large debt that Britain had incurred in
defending its North American colonies.
6. False (True/False) American generally accepted the right of Parliament to
tax the colonies to proved money for defense but denied its right to
legislate about colonial affairs.
7. False (True/False) When Americans first cried "no taxation without repre-
sentation," what they wanted was to be represented in the British
Parliament.
8. True (True/False) the colonies finally forced repeal of the Stamp Act by
organizing political protests and enforcing nonimportation agreements
against British goods.
9. False (True/False) Colonial rebellion against the new Townshend Acts was
highly organized and successful that the earlier Stamp Act protest.
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APUS Chapter 7
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10. False (True/False) The Boston Massacre provoked outrage because the
British troops had been unprovoked when the opened fire on peaceful
Boston citizens.
11. True (True/False) Massachusetts Governor Thomas Hutchinson provoked a
crisis in Borston by enforcing the importation of British tea even though
he believed that the tea tax was unjust.
12. True (True/False) The colonists considered the Quebec Act especially op-
pressive because they thought it would extend the domain of Roman
Catholicism.
13. False (True/False) The First Continental Congress proclaimed that the
colonies would declare independence from Britain unless their griev-
ances were redressed.
14. False (True/False) One fundamental American asset in the impending war
with Britain was an extensive stockpile of military weapons and supplies.
15. False (True/False) A key British advantage was that they did not have to defeat
all the American forces but only fight to a draw in order to crush the
Revolution.
16. the colonial economy The British theory of mercantilism, by which the colonies were gov-
should be carefully con- erned, held that...
trolled to serve the
mother country's needs
17. development of banking One of the ways in which mercantilism harmed the colonial economy
and paper currency in was by inhibiting the...
the colonies
18. revolutionary fervor The mobilization of "nonimportation" policies against the Stamp Act was
among many ordinary politically important because is aroused...
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APUS Chapter 7
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_8w4rz
1. True (True/False) The republican idea of a just society in which selfish inter-
ests were subordinated to the common good took deep toot in Britain's
North American colonies.
2. True (True/False) The theory of mercantilism held that colonies existed pri-
marily to provide the mother country with raw materials as well as a
market for exports.
3. False (True/False) British mercantilism forbade the importation of any
non-British goods into the colonies.
4. True (True/False) In practice, British mercantilism held that colonies existed
primarily to provide the mother country with raw materials as well as a
merket for exports.
5. True (True/False) The fundamental motive behind the steep new taxes in
the 1760's was to repay the large debt that Britain had incurred in
defending its North American colonies.
6. False (True/False) American generally accepted the right of Parliament to
tax the colonies to proved money for defense but denied its right to
legislate about colonial affairs.
7. False (True/False) When Americans first cried "no taxation without repre-
sentation," what they wanted was to be represented in the British
Parliament.
8. True (True/False) the colonies finally forced repeal of the Stamp Act by
organizing political protests and enforcing nonimportation agreements
against British goods.
9. False (True/False) Colonial rebellion against the new Townshend Acts was
highly organized and successful that the earlier Stamp Act protest.
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, APUS Chapter 7
APUS Chapter 7
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_8w4rz
10. False (True/False) The Boston Massacre provoked outrage because the
British troops had been unprovoked when the opened fire on peaceful
Boston citizens.
11. True (True/False) Massachusetts Governor Thomas Hutchinson provoked a
crisis in Borston by enforcing the importation of British tea even though
he believed that the tea tax was unjust.
12. True (True/False) The colonists considered the Quebec Act especially op-
pressive because they thought it would extend the domain of Roman
Catholicism.
13. False (True/False) The First Continental Congress proclaimed that the
colonies would declare independence from Britain unless their griev-
ances were redressed.
14. False (True/False) One fundamental American asset in the impending war
with Britain was an extensive stockpile of military weapons and supplies.
15. False (True/False) A key British advantage was that they did not have to defeat
all the American forces but only fight to a draw in order to crush the
Revolution.
16. the colonial economy The British theory of mercantilism, by which the colonies were gov-
should be carefully con- erned, held that...
trolled to serve the
mother country's needs
17. development of banking One of the ways in which mercantilism harmed the colonial economy
and paper currency in was by inhibiting the...
the colonies
18. revolutionary fervor The mobilization of "nonimportation" policies against the Stamp Act was
among many ordinary politically important because is aroused...
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